AWN 2013-14 Preseason Division I College Wrestling Rankings

Amateur Wrestling News has released its initial Division I Individual College Wrestling Rankings for the 2013-14 season. AWN, the longest-running publication in the country devoted to covering all phases of amateur wrestling, will be releasing its rankings on Tuesdays during the wrestling season. Each week, AWN will list the ranked wrestlers with their record and previous ranking.

Stieber and Maple move up a weight class. Stieber, a two-time NCAA champion at 133 pounds, will wrestle at 141 pounds this season, while Maple, last year’s champion at 141 pounds, will move up to 149 pounds.

Eight different schools have top-ranked wrestlers, with only Iowa and three-time defending team champions Penn State having two wrestlers slotted No. 1. Oregon State’s Taylor Meeks is ranked No. 1 at 197 pounds, while Tony Ramos of Iowa is ranked No. 1 at 133 pounds — the only two wrestlers without an NCAA championship already to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason.

The USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll will be released at a later date.

Wrestlers who are known to be taking redshirts are not listed, as well as wrestlers who are expected to be injured and out of the lineup for an undetermined amount of time are also not listed. AWN does not rank wrestlers who are ineligible and removes wrestlers from the rankings after they miss two weeks of a team’s officially scheduled competition. This does not include open events not on a team’s official schedule. Each week, AWN will list notes following the rankings on wrestlers removed for those reasons and will list wresters inactive due to injury. Redshirts whose status was clear prior to the season will not be listed in the notes, however, wrestlers who are competing in competition (unattached) could be noted if they are ranked and then the option to redshirt is exercised.

Rankings notes, questions and comments can be directed to rankings@theopenmat.com. All records are from the NWCA Scorebook.

125

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Jesse Delgado

Illinois

Jr.

27-3

2

Nico Megaludis

Penn State

Jr.

28-4

3

Nahshon Garrett

Cornell

So.

43-5

4

Tyler Cox

Wyoming

Jr.

35-11

5

Cory Clark

Iowa

Fr.

21-2 (RS)

6

Jarrod Patterson

Oklahoma

Sr.

12-4 (RS)

7

Nathan Kraisser

North Carolina

So.

33-7

8

Anthony Zannetta

Pittsburgh

Sr.

25-3

9

Josh Martinez

Air Force

So.

28-11

10

Dom Parisi

Appalachian State

Jr.

30-13

11

Sean Boyle

Michigan

Sr.

24-12

12

Rob Deutsch

Rider

So.

28-11

13

Josh Terao

American

So.

28-14

14

Evan Silver

Stanford

So.

26-15

15

Jade Rauser

Utah Valley

So.

21-10

16

Dylan Peters

Northern Iowa

Fr.

20-5 (RS)

17

Tim Lambert

Nebraska

Fr.

17-3 (RS)

18

Jerome Robinson

Old Dominion

Jr.

17-5

19

Eddie Klimara

Oklahoma State

So.

29-16

20

Camden Eppert

Purdue

Sr.

23-13

133

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Tony Ramos

Iowa

Sr.

31-2

2

Tyler Graff

Wisconsin

Sr.

33-6

3

A.J. Schopp

Edinboro

Jr.

33-5

4

Jon Morrison

Oklahoma State

Sr.

30-8

5

Cody Brewer

Oklahoma

So.

25-8

6

Ryan Mango

Stanford

Sr.

19-1 (RS)

7

David Thorn

Minnesota

Sr.

18-12

8

Levi Wolfensperger

Northern Iowa

Jr.

26-10

9

George DiCamillo

Virginia

So.

33-10

10

Mason Beckman

Lehigh

So.

39-4 (RS)

11

Jimmy Gulibon

Penn State

Fr.

23-7 (RS)

12

Mark Grey

Cornell

Fr.

35-8 (DE)

13

Nick Wilcox

Bloomsburg

Sr.

27-9

14

Shelton Mack

Pittsburgh

Sr.

18-11

15

Brandon Gambucci

Duke

Jr.

20-8

16

Joe Roth

Central Michigan

Sr.

16-3

17

Erik Spjut

Virginia Tech

Sr.

17-13

18

Devon Lotito

Cal Poly

So.

25-7

19

Nick Soto

Chattanooga

Jr.

27-8

20

Cashe Quiroga

Purdue

Sr.

10-3

141

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Logan Stieber

Ohio State

Jr.

27-0

2

Mitchell Port

Edinboro

Jr.

34-4

3

Devin Carter

Virginia Tech

Jr.

14-2 (RS)

4

Mike Nevinger

Cornell

Sr.

42-12

5

Evan Henderson

North Carolina

Jr.

38-9

6

Chris Dardanes

Minnesota

Jr.

21-9

7

Richard Durso

Franklin & Marshall

Jr.

39-5

8

Tyler Small

Kent State

Jr.

25-5 (RS)

9

Chris Mecate

Old Dominion

So.

37-9

10

Joey Lazor

Northern Iowa

Sr.

36-9

11

Luke Vaith

Hofstra

Sr.

22-14

12

C.J. Cobb

Penn

Sr.

25-9

13

Jesse Thielke

Wisconsin

Fr.

10-3 (RS)

14

Brandon Nelsen

Purdue

Jr.

23-14

15

Dan Neff

Lock Haven

So.

26-11

16

Nick Lester

Oklahoma

Sr.

17-12

17

Julian Feikert

Oklahoma State

Jr.

22-19

18

Nathan Pennesi

West Virginia

Sr.

22-11

19

Joe Spisak

Virginia

Jr.

21-7

20

Justin LaValle

North Dakota State

Sr.

18-9

149

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Kendric Maple

Oklahoma

Sr.

30-0

2

Scott Sakaguchi

Oregon State

Sr.

30-8

3

Drake Houdashelt

Missouri

Jr.

31-12

4

Zach Neibert

Virginia Tech

Sr.

20-12

5

Nick Dardanes

Minnesota

Jr.

30-9

6

Jake Sueflohn

Nebraska

Jr.

24-7

7

David Habat

Edinboro

Jr.

30-9

8

Eric Grajales

Michigan

Sr.

24-9

9

Andrew Alton

Penn State

Jr.

27-6

10

Josh Kindig

Oklahoma State

Jr.

10-1 (RS)

11

Jason Tsirtsis

Northwestern

Fr.

18-3 (RS)

12

Ian Paddock

Ohio State

Sr.

15-9

13

Chris Villalonga

Cornell

Sr.

23-12

14

Scott Mattingly

Central Michigan

Sr.

22-15

15

Gus Sako

Virginia

Jr.

28-8 (RS)

16

Caleb Ervin

Illinois

So.

22-14

17

Raymond Borja

Navy

Sr.

24-9

18

Dylan Cottrell

Appalachian State

Fr.

28-8 (RS)

19

Mitch Minotti

Lehigh

Fr.

43-11 (RS)

20

Ronnie Garbinsky

Pittsburgh

So.

18-12

157

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Derek St. John

Iowa

Sr.

31-2

2

Alex Dieringer

Oklahoma State

So.

35-3

3

R.J. Pena

Oregon State

Sr.

38-7

4

James Green

Nebraska

Jr.

25-6

5

Dylan Ness

Minnesota

Jr.

20-6

6

Dylan Alton

Penn State

Jr.

28-8

7

Kyle Bradley

Missouri

Sr.

27-15

8

Isaac Jordan

Wisconsin

Fr.

23-2 (RS)

9

Taylor Walsh

Indiana

Jr.

30-12

10

Joey Napoli

Lehigh

Sr.

18-4

11

Nestor Taffur

Boston U.

Sr.

36-9

12

Ian Miller

Kent State

So.

25-7

13

Josh Kreimier

Air Force

Sr.

28-6

14

Andy McCulley

Wyoming

Jr.

28-10

15

Bryce Busler

Bloomsburg

Sr.

20-6 (RS)

16

Brian Realbuto

Cornell

Fr.

40-3 (DE)

17

Ryan Watts

Michigan State

So.

21-14

18

Luke Smith

Central Michigan

So.

22-12

19

Zach Brunson

Illinois

Fr.

33-6 (RS)

20

Tristan Warner

Old Dominion

Jr.

4-1 (RS)

165

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

David Taylor

Penn State

Sr.

30-2

2

Tyler Caldwell

Oklahoma State

Sr.

35-5

3

Michael Moreno

Iowa State

Jr.

31-10

4

Nick Sulzer

Virginia

Jr.

27-11

5

Steven Monk

North Dakota State

Sr.

36-5

6

Dan Yates

Michigan

Sr.

23-11

7

Corey Mock

Chattanooga

Jr.

17-3 (RS)

8

John Staudenmayer

North Carolina

Jr.

30-13

9

Josh Veltre

Bloomsburg

Sr.

34-7

10

Nick Moore

Iowa

Jr.

19-10

11

Tyler Wilps

Pittsburgh

Jr.

21-9

12

Zach Toal

Missouri

Sr.

25-18

13

Pierce Harger

Northwestern

Jr.

26-10

14

Danny Zilverberg

Minnesota

Sr.

18-14

15

Ryan LeBlanc

Indiana

Sr.

24-10

16

Ramon Santiago

Rider

Sr.

30-9

17

Jim Wilson

Stanford

Fr.

23-4 (RS)

18

Chris Moon

Virginia Tech

Jr.

18-6 (RS)

19

Jackson Morse

Illinois

Sr.

34-7 (RS)

20

Paul Hancock

Army

Sr.

32-12

174

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Chris Perry

Oklahoma State

Sr.

36-2

2

Andrew Howe

Oklahoma

Sr.

0-0 (RS)

3

Matt Brown

Penn State

Jr.

29-5

4

Robert Kokesh

Nebraska

Jr.

38-4

5

Logan Storley

Minnesota

Jr.

28-5

6

Mike Evans

Iowa

Jr.

23-7

7

Cody Walters

Ohio

So.

39-5

8

Tanner Weatherman

Iowa State

So.

20-9

9

Matt Mougin

Northern Illinois

Sr.

25-17

10

Turtogtokh Luvsandorj

The Citadel

Sr.

13-4 (RS)

11

Lee Munster

Northwestern

Jr.

24-9

12

Nathaniel Brown

Lehigh

Jr.

21-7

13

Mathew Miller

Navy

So.

24-7

14

Lorenzo Thomas

Penn

So.

(DE)

15

Bryce Hammond

CSU Bakersfield

So.

34-10

16

Tony Dallago

Illinois

Sr.

21-15

17

Blake Stauffer

Arizona State

So.

22-5

18

Jim Resnick

Rider

Sr.

5-0 (RS)

19

Austin Gabel

Virginia Tech

So.

22-13

20

Stephen Doty

Virginia

Sr.

19-12

184

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Ed Ruth

Penn State

Sr.

33-0

2

Ethen Lofthouse

Iowa

Sr.

23-9

3

Jim Sheptock

Maryland

Sr.

40-6

4

Ryan Loder

Northern Iowa

Sr.

34-6

5

Kevin Steinhaus

Minnesota

Sr.

29-4

6

Jake Swartz

Boise State

Sr.

33-5

7

Max Thomusseit

Pittsburgh

Jr.

17-6

8

Jon Fausey

Virginia

Sr.

30-10

9

Vic Avery

Edinboro

So.

26-9 (RS)

10

John Eblen

Missouri

Jr.

13-5

11

Kevin Radford

Arizona State

Jr.

22-15

12

Kenny Courts

Ohio State

So.

22-8

13

Jackson Hein

Wisconsin

Sr.

21-12

14

Max Huntley

Michigan

Jr.

17-16

15

Fred Garcia

Lock Haven

Sr.

28-12

16

Alex Utley

North Carolina

Jr.

27-15

17

Craig Kelliher

Central Michigan

Sr.

22-14

18

Jack Dechow

Old Dominion

Fr.

35-12 (RS)

19

Boaz Beard

Iowa State

Sr.

17-10

20

Canaan Bethea

Penn

Sr.

25-13

197

Rank

Wrestler

School

Year

2012-13 Record

1

Taylor Meeks

Oregon State

Jr.

38-7

2

Scott Schiller

Minnesota

Jr.

29-6

3

Kyven Gadson

Iowa State

Jr.

30-5

4

Blake Rosholt

Oklahoma State

Sr.

17-10

5

Travis Rutt

Oklahoma

Sr.

20-2 (RS)

6

Nick Helfin

Ohio State

Sr.

20-7

7

Mario Gonzalez

Illinois

Sr.

18-9

8

Nathan Burak

Iowa

So.

21-17

9

Morgan McIntosh

Penn State

So.

12-1 (RS)

10

Christian Boley

Maryland

Sr.

27-8

11

Dan Mitchell

American

Sr.

7-0 (RS)

12

Richard Perry

Bloomsburg

Sr.

30-6

13

Braden Atwood

Purdue

Jr.

25-12

14

Jace Bennett

Cornell

Jr.

31-16

15

Brandon Palik

Drexel

Sr.

26-6

16

Nick Bonaccorsi

Pittsburgh

So.

19-9

17

Nick Whitenburg

Eastern Michigan

Sr.

18-10

18

Kevin Beazley

Old Dominion

Fr.

32-13 (RS)

19

Phil Wellington

Ohio

So.

25-16

20

Conner Hartmann

Duke

So.

20-11

285

1

Tony Nelson

Minnesota

Sr.

33-1

2

Mike McMullan

Northwestern

Jr.

22-4

3

Nick Gwiazdowski

N.C. State

So.

24-1 (RS)

4

Bobby Telford

Iowa

Jr.

21-8

5

Jeremy Johnson

Ohio

Sr.

36-11

6

J.T. Felix

Boise State

Sr.

28-12

7

Connor Medbery

Wisconsin

So.

25-8

8

Spencer Myers

Maryland

Jr.

11-0 (RS)

9

Austin Marsden

Oklahoma State

So.

5-1 (RS)

10

Joe Stolfi

Bucknell

Jr.

26-16

11

Adam Chalfant

Indiana

Sr.

27-11

12

Mike McClure

Michigan State

Sr.

34-7

13

Jimmy Lawson

Penn State

Jr.

23-9

14

Kevin Innis

Boston U.

Sr.

22-8

15

Blake Herrin

American

Sr.

27-10

16

Justin Grant

Bloomsburg

Sr.

24-7

17

Ernest James

Edinboro

Sr.

24-14

18

Devin Mellon

Missouri

Jr.

12-4

19

Evan Knutson

North Dakota State

Jr.

17-15

20

Billy Smith

Rutgers

So.

27-11

RS - record during redshirt season
DE - record during deferred eligibiilty